City Adventurers has been exploring puzzles, mystery games and escape rooms for years. My partner and I play regularly, and we often bring along members of our social group, so when we review or playtest something, it gets a genuine outing with real people who enjoy this kind of thing.
If you think your game or experience might be a good fit for our audience, we'd love to hear from you.
We enjoy playing and reviewing puzzle games and immersive experiences, and we're always happy to consider new ones. Our main areas of interest are:
Tabletop puzzle and mystery games (including print and play)
Murder mystery and detective games
Puzzle books
Immersive experiences and escape rooms
Our reviews are honest. That means we'll highlight what works and what doesn't, though we'll always reach out for a conversation before publishing anything particularly critical. We're supporters of this community and want to see it thrive, so our reviews tend to be generous where a game deserves it, and constructive where it doesn't.
We'll always make clear when a game has been gifted to us in exchange for a review. That said, most games on this site have been bought and paid for. And yes, we play a lot.
If you need a review within a specific timeframe, please mention this when you get in touch. We can't always guarantee quick turnarounds, but we'll do our best.
Smaller independent creators are very welcome to get in touch.
To discuss a review, email contact@invitation2events.co.uk with the subject line "game review".
We're probably not your typical playtesters.....
And that's rather the point.
My partner and I have played a lot of puzzle games and escape rooms over the years, but the wider team we bring along are members of our social group: adults mostly in their 50s, 60s and 70s, who enjoy puzzle solving without necessarily being hardcore enthusiasts. We won't always be fast. We'll sometimes need a clue or two. Some of us have disability considerations. But we'll tell you, with complete honesty, whether we found something confusing, uncomfortable, or simply not fun.
If your game is designed for a general adult audience, and particularly if you'd like to know how it plays for older participants, that's exactly the kind of feedback we can give you. We're not going to give you the perspective of a speed-running escape room team. We're going to give you the perspective of real people having a real evening out.
If that sounds useful, email contact@invitation2events.co.uk with the subject line "playtest", include details about the game, and let us know your timeframe for feedback.
Our reviews accurately reflect our honest opinions — nothing more, nothing less. This matters to us.
We don't inflate scores or gloss over problems simply because a game has been gifted to us. If something can be improved, we'll say so in the review and feed it back directly to the creator. We think that's more useful to everyone than empty praise.
That said, we genuinely want puzzle creators to succeed. We're not looking to be harsh for the sake of it. Where a game is good, we'll say so clearly and enthusiastically. Where it has rough edges, we'll be constructive rather than dismissive.
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